Here Comes J. Edgar!

Bryan Batt makes his London stage debut as long-serving FBI boss in the world premiere of the sizzling new comedy musical, Here Comes J Edgar!.
This raucous, no-holds-barred musical tells the public and private story of J. Edgar Hoover, who, as director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, secured his position as the most powerful man in America by gathering information on the private lives of others. Yet, behind all the machismo, was his concealed sexuality, his secret partying and his lifelong love affair with his deputy, Clyde Tolson. This was a man who stopped at nothing to use the secrets of others to build and exert his control. Yet, underneath the petticoats of power lay his own secrets, hidden in plain sight.
This weird and twisted tale is told in the style of a 1950s musical romantic comedy. What emerges is a sharp and irrepressible comic musical about the love of power and the power of love … and what a simple black dress and a single strand of pearls can do for a guy!
Byan Batt is no stranger to musical theatre. On Broadway, he has starred in such shows as Sunset Boulevard, Saturday Night Fever, La Cage Aux Folles, Cats, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Starlight Express, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Seussical, and Beauty and the Beast. He has also appeared in many roles Off-Broadway, including as a key cast member of the long-running, award-winning revue Forbidden Broadway.